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== Biography ==

One of the great all-time stories of how the Ritchie Boys were so successful at interrogating German POWs can be found on pp 293-296 of Bruce Henderson's book, Sons and Soldiers~~. It's the tale of how [[Stern, Guy (37413105)|Guy Stern]] and the late Fred Howard, with assistance from Ritchie Boy the late Capt~~. [[Kann, Edgar W. (01183329)|Edgar Kann]], came up with the technique of introducing POWs to Commisar Krukov! It's a classic.

One of the great all-time stories of how the Ritchie Boys were so successful at interrogating German POWs can be found on pp 293-296 of Bruce Henderson's book, Sons and Soldiers. [[Kann, Edgar W. (01183329)|Edgar Kann]], came up with the technique of introducing POWs to Commisar Krukov! It's a classic.

== Research notes ==

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== Sources ==

* Camp Ritchie ~~class roster~~ (~~classes~~ 1–31), ~~merged~~ research ~~file~~

* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data

* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records

* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)

* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)

* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2017-08-13 (1 post)

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 == Biography ==
-One of the great all-time stories of how the Ritchie Boys were so successful at interrogating German POWs can be found on pp 293-296 of Bruce Henderson's book, Sons and Soldiers. It's the tale of how [[Stern, Guy (37413105)|Guy Stern]] and the late Fred Howard, with assistance from Ritchie Boy the late Capt. [[Kann, Edgar W. (01183329)|Edgar Kann]], came up with the technique of introducing POWs to Commisar Krukov! It's a classic.
+One of the great all-time stories of how the Ritchie Boys were so successful at interrogating German POWs can be found on pp 293-296 of Bruce Henderson's book, Sons and Soldiers. [[Kann, Edgar W. (01183329)|Edgar Kann]], came up with the technique of introducing POWs to Commisar Krukov! It's a classic.
 == Research notes ==
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 == Sources ==
-* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
+* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
+* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
 * NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
 * 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
 * Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2017-08-13 (1 post)